Consider the following description of a firm wide strategy pursued by protecter and gamble. P&G, the worlds largest consumer products company , follows a fairly uniqu strategy, P&G, attempts to touch and improve the lives of its consumers all over the world. as an exampe, take the razor and blade innovation pioneered by gillett's , himalaya team, which focused on india but is a global group based party in boston usa. the team received information about how men in india shave. about half of them use barbershops and barbers usually break double -sided blades in two and used them repeatedly. which creat unsanitary condition. with the strategic goal of improving the lives of its customers, the tream created razor and blade. second example: P&G brazil team where it featured a shutdown due to decreased business volume , low income consumers in the fastest growing segment of population. but P&G global premium products were too expensive , so the team decided to live with families, scrutinize every P&G process to recude costs and ended up in creating an inovative products line basico , the team members felt they are not just doing money but doing good for the world. P&G inspired employees to add their hearts to their heads and aims finidng creative solutions when purpose inspired opportunities and comercial considerations seem to collide.
Imagine you are an HR executive at P&G. Given the company’s strategic orientation toward purpose and values, what would you do to help align a new performance management system with the strategic plan? How would you explain this relationship? What would you say and do to garner company-wide support for your performance management system?